a 2009 Trousseau becoming the first red wine from the Jura to win "reussite exceptionnelle" in La Revue du Vin de France
The estate is based in Hautvillers
The grapes come from a 3ha plot and instead of yeast to start the second fermentation in the bottle they use a dash of fermenting vin de paille (sweet straw wine)
Made from the native white grapes Treixadura
Cotat Culs de Beaujeu Sancerre 2022 Producer_Georg Muller a 2009 Trousseau becoming theFrancois Cotat's domaine is based in one of the greatest of all the Sancerre villages, Chavignol, where he creates very unusual wines. Late picked, then barrel fermented using indigenous yeasts, these are a unique expression of Sancerre, and his best wines can age for decades. Rather than fruit on the nose, this wine offers up struck flint, oyster shells and fleur du sel. Balanced acidity, medium body, and very minerally, with flavours of camomile,